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17 Impact Topics - Physically Challenged
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| handicapped disabled physically challenged blind deaf mute wheelchair crutches ramp hearing aids paraplegic quadriplegic amputee pity vs. empathy
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| If you had to give up some physical ability, what would it e, and why? (sight, hearing, walking, use of hands, etc.)
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| How would this affect your daily life?
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| Some people with disabilities prefer to think of themselves as different rather than disabled.
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| What does the government in Japan do / not do for the physically challenged? Is Japan a good place for physically challenged people? What about other countries?
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| Often our attempts to help others can be misunderstood or misinterpreted. Can you think of some examples of how sincere offers of help might be offensive?
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| If you became physically disabled, how would you like to be treated by friends, family, teachers, society, etc.?
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| If you became physically disabled, would you “accept” your situation or would you do whatever you could to become “normal” again?
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| Recommended movies: Children of a Lesser God, 1986 Randa Haines, dir. (William Hurt) Wait Until Dark, 1967, Terence Young, dir. (Audrey Hepburn)
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